What is a Fly-In?

Don't bother looking in the dictionary. You won't find "Fly-in"
there. Where you'll find "fly-in" is in the sun of a warm summer day,
and in your heart.

A fly-in is a gathering of airplanes and pilots. It's not an
airshow - that's for the spectators. A fly-in is about the airplanes,
and the pilots who fly them. It's a chance to renew old acquaintances
- with pilots - and airplanes - who are old friends.

A fly-in is a chance to step back in time and see the airplanes
that carried the mail, barnstormed the midwest, won World War II, or
pioneered the airline routes. A fly-in, is. When you go to a fly-in,
you see those old friends that you've flown with, or traded outrageous
flying stories with - or you meet that aviation legend you read about
as a kid.

If you haven't, go to a fly-in. Breath a bit of the air that the
barnstormers breathed, and experience the joy of wood covered with
taut fabric. Experience new-old sights, and rediscover flying.